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How I Build a Tall Raspberry Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

How I Build a Tall Raspberry Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Prep
45 min
Cook
40 min
Total
85 min
Serves
12
Calories
618 kcal
Protein
7.00 g
Carbs
98.00 g
Fat
23.00 g

Ingredients

  • 6 largeeggs (at room temperature)
  • 1 cupsugar (divided)
  • ½ teaspooncream of tartar (optional)
  • 1 ½ cupsplain cake flour
  • ½ teaspoonsalt
  • 1 cupwater
  • ¾ cupsugar
  • 1 packetgelatin powder
  • 3 tablespoonscold water
  • 10 ozraspberries (fresh or frozen)
  • ¾ cupsugar
  • 16 ozcream cheese (at room temperature)
  • ½ cupunsalted butter (at room temperature)
  • 4 cupspowdered sugar
  • 1 tablespoonpure vanilla extract
  • 1 tablespoonfreeze-dried raspberry powder (optional)

Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 350°F (177°C) and prepare a 9-inch springform pan.

  2. 2

    Separate egg whites and yolks, whisk egg yolks with sugar.

  3. 3

    Sift flour and salt; beat egg whites and fold into yolk mixture.

  4. 4

    Add flour and bake for 40 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.

  5. 5

    Cool the cake, then prepare the raspberry jello layers.

  6. 6

    Make simple syrup and cream cheese frosting.

  7. 7

    Assemble the cake with alternating layers of cake, frosting, and raspberry jello.

  8. 8

    Decorate the cake with the remaining frosting.